Strathcona Tweedsmuir School - Paidia Yearbook (Okotoks, Alberta Canada)

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seeing new areas of Canada, Canadians vacationing in their own country, would not have to deal with the high exchange rates if, for example, they were to vacation in the United States. Furthermore, it would improve relations between the different regions of Canada, while investing the money in Canada, thereby strengthening the economy. As a part of the national tourism policy, I would also include a clause providing funds for French and English exchanges across the country. Not only student exchanges but adult exchanges because I feel that the Canadian youth has more respect for biculturalism than do the adults of this nation. Thirdly, I would promote bilingualism. Canada has two official languages and to some extent now and certainly in the future, being bilingual is a neccessity if you want to do any kind of business in eastern Canada. Positions in the government, lawyers, policemen, top executives and even teachers in the eastern part of Canada need to be bilingual to be effec- tive in their respective occupations. So why do I need to be bilingual? Ask Westerners. The answer is that one never knows when one may be called upon to work in eastern Canada. Canada is officially bilingual and therefore, every Canadian should have at least some basic knowledge of French. This will also improve relations between the English and the French, if the Francophone see the Anglophones trying. Therefore I propose that any undergraduate student wishing to graduate from a post-secondary institution, regardless of the faculty, should be given an oral French examination which will be set by the education ministers of all the provincial governments. The exam can be taken at any point during an individual's undergraduate but must be passed with a grade of fifty-five per cent or better in order to receive one's degree. Fourthly, to encourage investment in canadian companies, I would render dividends from these companies tax free. This would increase financial backing for canadian companies, thus allowing them to expand and therefore creating more jobs. However, should an individual be receiving dividends from a foreign company, these would be fully taxable. Fifthly, to decrease the political gap between the federal and provincial governments, I would institute a policy calling for annual meetings with all the provincial premiers. There would be no particular agenda except to discuss current issues affecting the provincial and federal jurisdictions.. This will aid in unifying the two levels of government and provide for more open relations, improving the quality of government for all Canadians. The conferences would commence the first year afetr my election and be hosted each year by a designated premier in his respective capital city.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE PRIME MINISTER l The prlme mlHlStGI olltlcs, however, Wlth xtSpODSlbllltY not only altx Ol fellow members IS the most powerful flgure ln Canadlan thlS power comes IGSDOHSlbllltY to one s own cablnet mlnlsters, polltlcal of parllament but to Canada As head af the federal government, the prlme mlnlster may lnstltute, although not slngle handedly, two maln forms of leglslatlon as part of thlS responslblllty dOmSStlC and forelgn POIICY DllmG mlHlStQI I feel that part of thlS responslblllty lS PIHCIUQ the dOmGStlC affalrs of the natlon before forelgn affalIS because lt IS a futlle effort to lGQlSlatG forelgn pOllCy lf the domes tlc affalIS of the country are not 1D order I also feel that t lS CIUCISI for any prlme mlnlster to have a dream or ultlmate goal for Canada Plerre Ellolt Trudeau had a dream WhlCh was fulfllled when the Canadlan COHStltUtlOD was returned to Canada from Great Brltaln My dream for Canada lS to allevlate the dHlmOSlty between the French and Engllsh cultures of Canada WhlCh has exlsted SINCE Confederatlon, QIOVIDQ to the world that Canada lS truly a blcultural DatlOH I reallze that thlS IS a dlfflCUlt goal for WhlCh to be StIlVlHQ for and ltS potentlal CQICGIHIY Wlll not be fully reallzed even lf I do serve several terms ID offlce As well I wlll not govern bllndlv solely wlth thlS dream ID mlnd IQHOIIHQ other ObVlOUS problems, but I olan to lDStltUtG numerous reforms, both 1D domestlc and fOISlqD areas WhlCh Wlll IMQIOVS our natlon DOmGStlCalIy I have SlX new QOIICIGS, only two of WhlCh wlll pertaln dlrectlv to lmDfOVSd French and Engllsh IQlatlODS I have flVS fOISlgD pOllClSS WhlCh I feel are necessary for thlS natlon Every prlme mlHlStGI who has served a term ID offlce wlll lf they are honest admlt that hlle the best lnterests of Canada were of paramount lmportance to them, the chance of not belng re elected because of leglslated JOIICIGS lS always lH the back of thelr mlDdS Therefore, as I plan to spend SUCCGSSIVG terms ID OfflCG, I have deslgned my OIICIQS Wlth the lnterests of Canada ln mlnd to be of beneflt to as many of the populace as pOSSlblG Domestlcally I have placed my pOllCy ldGaS ln the order of tnelr lmportance My flISt would be ln regard to famlly allowance reform I propose that the average Canadlan famlly cf four, earnlng a COmblDGd lDCOmG of more than forty thousand lollars perannum, should not IGCQIVQ the famlly allowance aturallj the cut off pOlHt of forty thousand dollars per year Juld have to be adjusted accordlngly for famlllGS Wlth more an four members The mllllODS of dollars saved from thls cut ack wlll be applled ln other areas to flnance mv reforms Secondly art of D3tlOHal dream, I would commence a HdtlOD WldG JlIlSm campalgn, QHCOUIBQIHQ CaHadlaDS to vacatlon IH a IQQIOD Canada that they perhaps have never seen before As well as 'B P - - FN 'X . . . I . . . . . . Qc . - . . . . . L , M -N , . As L . I u u ' . l , ,, . ,H . n c I l . . ' I , I 1 I l. L I v I 7 n n u n -b I u I . . 1 n u u I U A I I VF . . YI L I ' I I , . , . I W . u 1 I ' I . . . . JL . . Q 'I - n' 1 ' Ll I, WC' A-LN . . - -.. . S lo. T' A . E15 TZ' ' 4-Fw . . . . . . CI o .

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These premiers conferences would occur ln the east one year and the west the following year Co-operatlon between these two levels of government could prove beneflclal as well ln plOVldlHq an example for the world to emulate The last of mx domestlc pollcles lS 1D regard to the new Canadlan Charter of Rlghts and Freedoms whlch was recently lnstltutued Sectlon l5 I of the charter deals w1th dlSCIlmlHatlOD and llsts the forms of dlscrlmlnatlon whlch are legally prohlblted, as follows 1D partlcular wlthout dlscrlmlnatlon based on race, natlonal or ethnlc Orlgln, colour, rellglon, sex, age, or mental or physlcal dlsablllty fSSCtlOH l5 I Canadlan Charter of Rlghts and Freedoms D I propose that a new form of dlscrlmlnatlon should be added That lS one of dlSCIlmlDatlOD based on sexual orlenta tlon Quebec lS the only provlnce ln Canada whlch prohlblts dlscrlmlnatlon based on sexual orlentatlon ln the work place I feel that thls lS a federal responslblllty and lt would be falrly slmple process to add sexual orlentatlon to the 11st of Rlghts and Freedoms To conclude, domestlcally I propose s1x pollcles famlly allowances reform, a natlonal tourlsm and adult exchange program promotlng blllnguallsm, renderlng dlvldends recelved from Canadlan lnvestment tax free, establlshlng annual conferences between provlnclal premlers and lncludlng a clause for homosexuals 1D the Canadlan Charter of Rlghts and Freedoms These programs should be advantageous to lower Income groups, the average Canadlan, the French speaklng Canadlans, the unemployed the buslness communlty, the prov lnclal governments and the homosexual communlty respectlvely Provldlng beneflts for such a wlde cross sectlon of Canadlans would hopefully ensure my re electlon whlle lmprovlng the ugallty of llfe ln Canada Thus I may serve Canadlans through another term 1D offlce to contlnue my struggle to unlte French and Engllsh Canadlans After deallng wlth Canadlan domestlc affalrs, I would move on to forelgn affalrs In thls area, I have flve pollcles The flrst pollcy concerns sanctlons and I should llke to quote an old expresslon to descrlbe my pollcy, not necessarllv sanctlons, but sanctlons If necessary Prlme Mlnlster Mackenzle Klng used a sllghtly dlfferent verslon of thls expresslon to descrlbe hls conscrlptlon pollcy durlng World War II expand I do not support Prlme Mlnlster Brlan Mulroney s backlng of U S sanctlons agalnst Llbya however, I strongly support sanctlons agalnst Qouth Afrlca, a pollcv not lnstltuted bv the present government I feel that South Afrlca lS lnfrlnglng on the rlghts of the majorlty black populatlon and therefore, , . . V-.. . V v an 1 ll I O ,, .... -3 . ,, . 'I C . .. . . . . , I I A . I H- N' I ' .J . . . . . . ,, . ... A . .. ,,. .. . . . To ... . , - I .. , - . . L .- L. -L 4 .